Donald Trump was threatened with “jail.” Entering the third week of his trial, the ex-president was sentenced on Tuesday to a fine of $9,000 (8,406 euros) for contempt of court during his trial in New York. The judge found he had violated a ban on assaulting witnesses and jurors.
Judge Juan Merchan presented his decision to Donald Trump at the opening of the hearing on Tuesday morning. He was “warned that the court will not tolerate further willful violations of its orders and that, if necessary and appropriate, it will impose a prison sentence,” Judge Juan Merchan said in a written decision. He fined Donald Trump nine times $1,000 (for nine violations of the law), the maximum allowed by law.
Prosecuted for 34 falsification of documents
Less than seven months before the November presidential election, the Republican candidate is on trial for allegedly making hidden payments to buy the silence of former porn star Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 election, which he narrowly defeated Democratic candidate Hillary. . Clinton.
The former US president is being prosecuted for 34 falsified accounting records for his company, the Trump Organization, which allegedly served to conceal a payment to cover up a potential sex scandal in the home stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign.
The $130,000 was paid to Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about a sexual relationship she claimed to have had with him in 2006, while he was already married to his wife Melania. A relationship he denies.
Before the debate opened, the judge barred Donald Trump from publicly attacking witnesses and jurors, something he regularly does on his social media site, Truth Social, to avoid the risk of intimidation.
Trump hopes to return to the White House
From the first day of the trial, April 15, the prosecution asked the judge to impose sanctions on Donald Trump, in particular for vicious insults against Stormy Daniels and his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who became his nemesis and a key prosecution witness. . The prosecution returned to the charges three days later, making seven new posts on Truth Social or its campaign website. The Republican nominee also attacked Michael Cohen, who was called a “serial liar.”
More than three years after he left the White House in chaos, 77-year-old Donald Trump is theoretically facing prison time. He is the first former US president to be prosecuted. He still hopes to return to the White House in 2025.
Source: Le Parisien
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